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“They [the Labor government] haven’t just slowed the growth of productivity, they have actually produced a diminution of Australia’s multi-factor productivity by 3% since the end of 2007. This is a very…

Three recent reports into productivity highlight differing issues but agree that targeting industrial reform is not the key to lifting outputs.
Image sourced from www.shutterstock.comNovember 27, 2012

The Australian Government’s recently released white paper on Australia in the Asian Century identified productivity as one of five key areas for action, at a time when we are engaged in a major national…

There is little evidence to support the belief that Australia’s productivity declines are linked to the need for labour market reform.
AAPNovember 13, 2012

It is not easy to devise a solution to Australia’s productivity slowdown when a shared understanding of the problem is so elusive. While there is recognition among policy-makers that productivity is a…